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Memory Monday: A South American Tour… Conclusion

October 3, 2022 Leave a Comment

I’m bringing the South American photo album to a close this week with a final group of postcards and one photograph highlighting the cities of Santiago, Valparaiso, and Viña del Mar in central Chile. Although I’ve never been to South America, I’ve long been fascinated by the beauty, culture, and history of Chile in particular; and these images have only […]

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Memory Monday: A South American Tour… Three cities

September 25, 2022 Leave a Comment

The cities of Puerto Varas and Frutillar sit along the shores of Lake Llanquihue, the second largest lake in the country, some 900 km (559 miles) south of Chile’s capital, Santiago. Like the Puerto Montt region, the area was developed by German immigrants in the mid 1800s. Puerto Varas was founded in 1853, and Frutillar in 1856. Of course, the […]

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Memory Monday: A South American Tour… Southern Chile

September 19, 2022 Leave a Comment

This week’s collection of images consists solely of postcards, mostly showing the towns of Punta Arenas and Puerto Montt. Punta Arenas, founded in 1848 as a penal colony, happens to be the one of the most southerly ports in the world and a jumping-off point for the Antarctic. Yerba maté, or simply maté, is the national drink of Argentina, Uruguay, […]

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Memory Monday: A South American Tour… Torres del Paine

September 12, 2022 Leave a Comment

In trying to prepare this post I’ve been learning quite a lot about the breathtakingly beautiful region of Chile, almost 700 square miles, that forms the Torres del Paine National Park. Most of the images here are from postcards; but I’ve found that, while descriptions of the views are provided in both English and Spanish, they don’t always provide the […]

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Memory Monday: A South American Tour… Patagonia

August 15, 2022 Leave a Comment

The region of Patagonia lies at the southern tip of South America and includes portions of Argentina and Chile. The southern Andes mountain range is only one part of a varied landscape which is home to a huge variety of birds and wildlife. I know very little about this part of the world, but it’s clear from the photos and […]

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Memory Monday: A South American Tour… Fin and Feather

August 8, 2022 Leave a Comment

Spotting wildlife in its natural environment is always exciting — but I certainly know from my own experiences that capturing them with a camera can be frustrating if you can’t zoom in close enough. Our South American traveler back in 2000 was most likely using a compact point-and-shoot camera. It was great for general photography, but the penguins and elephant […]

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Memory Monday — A South American Tour… Birds and Bright Colors

August 2, 2022 Leave a Comment

Although we arrived home from our road trip yesterday afternoon, I was much too worn out to prep my regular Memory Monday post. Instead, I decided to offer it up one day late. So here at last is the post I originally promised you two weeks ago! They include more postcard images of Caminito in La Boca, Buenos Aires, Argentina, […]

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Memory Monday: A South American Tour… Buenos Aires

July 11, 2022 1 Comment

As promised, this week I’m continuing the trip through South America as depicted in my flea market photo album. The album contains over 100 images, split between colorful postcards and personal photos. In going through all these pictures, I’m already learning quite a lot — and also wondering I was never taught much about South America in school. While I’m […]

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